BIRD RECORDS DURING THE PAST WINTER 
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commonly numerous and the latter bird has been breeding com- 
monly about Lincoln during the past few weeks. Several nests 
have been found, two with full sets of eggs. The Golden- 
crowned Kinglet has been wintering with us this year. No 
Evening Grosbeaks or Pine Grosbeaks have been noted, but the 
Bohemian Waxwing has been seen.” 
It may be well also to note the absence of certain species. The 
Snowy Owl, for instance, in former years was received by Mr. 
Anderson for mounting in considerable numbers. This winter 
he did not receive any. Snowflakes and Longspurs have never 
been recorded here. Evening Grosbeaks have been reported 
here in some winters cn good authority, but not during 1916- 
1917. The Northern Shrike was not seen, and it seldom is found 
in this locality. So far as I know the Bob-white was not seen 
here during this winter, though it probably did winter with us. 
The absence of records, however, tells its own story. Purple 
Pinches have never been recorded here. No Magpie records were 
obtained in this season. 
For eight years without intermission a Christmas Day bird 
census has been taken in this locality, and the results have been 
published in Bird-Lore. All of these reports have been made by 
Walter W. Bennett, although companions have been with him 
usually. A tabulation of these reports covering eight winter 
seasons is of interest and is here given. The totals in the right 
hand column give a very fair idea of the relative abundance 
of the different species, while the regularity of occurrence may 
be judged by the frequency of enumeration in the vertical col- 
umns. The number of Tree Sparrows noted in 1909 and 1910 
is probably somewhat exaggerated, though there can be little 
doubt that this species properly heads the list at this season. 
